Mahr Federal introduces MarShaft SCOPE 250 plus

Providence, Rhode Island – Mahr Federal has introduced a new optical shaft measurement system designed to provide fast, accurate, fully automatic measurement of smaller shafts and turned parts directly on the shop floor. The MarShaft SCOPE 250 plus features an accurate matrix camera with 4 million pixels. The system measures parts up to 250mm in length and 40mm in diameter with an accuracy in maximum permissible error of less than 1.5 microns + L/40 when measuring diameter and an 3 microns + L/125 when measuring length.

 

Patrick N. Nugent, vice president Metrology Systems for Mahr Federal, said, " In our lab here in Providence, we measured 28 features on a sample shaft in under 10 seconds, and a customer part with only seven required features in under 3 seconds."

 

One key to the system's speed is the high-resolution CMOS matrix camera with a live image field of view of 40mm x 24mm, enabling it to capture an entire part diameter in a single view. With Z-axis positioning speeds of up to 200mm/second and an image acquisition rate of more than 120 images per second, measurements are performed faster than the blink of an eye. Zoom functions allow measurement of small details such as chamfers and radii, which can be difficult to test with conventional measuring methods.

 

MarShaft SCOPE 250 plus can be operated entirely on the integrated touch screen, or via a keyboard and mouse if desired. MarWin-based EasyShaft software enables the precision measurement of diameters, lengths, contour features, and form and position tolerances in accordance with standards, and offers new evaluation and documentation options, all with an intuitive user interface. EasyShaft runs on the Windows operating system and is compatible with other Windows applications and printers.

 

The touchscreen gives direct access to positioning, programming, measurement, and documentation, including the use of swipe functions. By clicking icons, loading measuring results or adding feature measurements can be activated.